Employment Law

If an employee has been mistreated at the workplace, they have a right to make a formal or informal complaint. Whether it’s harassment, discrimination, or requesting unpaid overtime, federal law […]

No job is completely free from stress. The construction industry is no exception. In fact, construction professionals have to deal with three levels of stress: physical, mental, and external factors,

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up nine percent of the construction industry, which indicates that there is much room for improvement. Attracting and hiring women in

In the first part of this two-part article, we discussed many of the benefits of developing a return to work program. In this section, we will discuss how to establish

For small business owners, when an injured worker has healed enough that they are medically cleared to return to work, it’s important to have a return to work program. This

Whether you want to call it a walkout or a dine and dash, when restaurant patrons bolt on their check, the person typically responsible for payment is the hardworking server.

In this two-part article, we are discussing how employers can implement procedures to help prevent fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. In the first section, we discussed how to create a positive

As an employer, you do your best to provide your employees with the safest work environment possible. Unfortunately, it’s a sad fact that workplaces experience injuries even when the right

Workplace health and safety is a topic that every employer needs to take seriously. Thousands of workers experience significant injuries on the job annually. As we discussed in the first

Thousands of injuries transpire every year in American workplaces. Naturally, a small percentage of these reported injuries are dishonest. Unfortunately, some workers manipulate the system in order to be compensated